Chapter 3

It's the next day and Drake walking around the house.

"Boy it sure is quite around here." He said.

He walked into the living room and sat down on the couch, turned the TV on.

Gosalyn's favorite TV show was on. "Hey Gos. You don't…" He trailed on.

He then remembered about everything. "Oh yeah that's right." He sighed.

He turned the TV off. "I need to get some fresh air." He said.

He got up from his spot and was heading out of the house when he tripped over Gosalyn's old shoes. "Ahh! What I tripped on?" He asked.

He picked them up and started crying, he then ran out of the house.

He's in the rat catcher driving around, trying to get his mind off things. When he spotted the stand where Gosalyn was last seen. "Oh, why did I come here?" He asked.

He jumped off of his bike and climbed up the ladder, sat down. "Oh Gos. I really screwed up this time. If only I could of stopped you. Things would have been so better." He said.

Just then a bright light and the music to 'Little Girl Blue' started to play behind him.

He slowly turned around and saw Gosalyn slowly appearing. She's wearing a purple hoody with a black tank top under it, low ride black wide legged trousers, black and white high tops, a double chain necklace with a guitar and a pick as a charm, butterfly ring, her hair is in a pony tail.

Drake gasped. "Gosalyn?"

Gosalyn smiled at him and laughed. "Hey pops." She replied.

"Gosalyn?" He asked again.

She nodded her head. He quickly ran to her and gave her a big hug.

"Gosalyn, I can't believe that you're here." He said.

"Temporally dad."

"I don't care. It's just so good to see you. You're an angel."

"Yeah, and you didn't think that I would." She mussed.

"You look amazing." He said.

"You sure don't." She replied.

Drake sighed and scratched his head. "Had a rough couple of weeks."

"More like a month dad."

Drake sighed and looked away. "I deserve it." He said.

Gosalyn shook her head. "Don't say that dad."

"It was my biggest mistake not stopping you from jumping that night. Everything terrible has been going on since that day."

Flashback to the day of the portal, sleeping with Diana and losing Morgana.

"I am so sorry dad." Gosalyn said.

"If I could go back I would do things so differently."

Gosalyn sighed and looked at him. "Well if that's true. Let's see what you'll do." She said reaching her hand out. He held her hand and a flash of light came out.

The scene is the night of the portal and Gosalyn is standing next to it.

Drake and Gosalyn are standing back watching. "That's me." He said.

"Mmm hmm." Gosalyn replied.

"This is so weird." Drake said.

Drake comes running towards Gosalyn and grabs her arm. "Gosalyn, stop! You don't have to do this." He said.

Gosalyn nodded her head and hugged her head, the two then walked away from the portal.

"That's what I should of done. Things wore been so much better." He said.

Gosalyn sighed and put her hand on his shoulder. "So, you're telling me that if I hadn't sneaked out, Tarus Boulba wouldn't have found me and everything else wouldn't have happened?" She asked.

"Yeah if I had kept you home. Things wouldn't have happened." Drake said.

Scene changed to Diana's apartment. She's crying and walks away.

Gosalyn looks at her and back at Drake. "She's so unhappy." She said.

Drake nods his head.

Gosalyn sat down on the table and looked at Drake. "Because of you right?" She asked.

"Yeah. And it wouldn't of happened if we didn't.."

"Dad, it's totally okay. I understand no need to explain."

"I bet you're ashamed of me. I would be."

Gosalyn sighed and looked at him, shook her head. "Actually I'm not. And before you go blaming you're self for Diana's problems. Guess what? This is just the way she is. She made her own choices." She said as she got off the table.

Drake nodded his head and sighed. "You know when you died. Morgana and I couldn't relate anymore. I never would of that… If I only stayed away. Her life would be so different." He said.

A flash came and Launch Pad and Diana are with each other all dolled up.

"Stop it! You're going to mess up my hair. And you didn't tell me where are we going."

Launch Pad laughed and looked at her. "Before I do. Mind if I get comfortable?" He asked.

He got down on knee and Diana smiled at him.

"What are you doing?" Diana asked.

"What does it look like I'm doing?" He replied.

Gosalyn gasped and looked at her dad. "Oh my gosh dad. He's going to propose! This is so amazing!" She exclaimed.

Drake just nodded his head and they went back to look at the twosome.

"Want a pillow or something? So you can take you're time?" Diana asked.

"I do red. I want to spend all my time with you. Will you marry me?" He asked showing her the ring.

"Wow." Gosalyn said.

Drake sighed. "Yeah but it didn't happen that way. Look at her" Drake said as they looked back at the sad Diana.

Gosalyn sat next to her. "And this is all you're fault right? Dad, you don't know if they was going to stay together or not."

"Maybe. But she's here all alone. And don't tell me that L.P. and Morgana wouldn't of left her if it wasn't for me."

Gosalyn sighed and got up and looked at him. "L.P. and Morgana deserved better from the two of you." She said.

She walked past him, Drake looked down at the ground.

Diana is laying on the couch crying and Gosalyn and Drake are looking at her.

"Man, I really screwed up with everything."

Gosalyn shrugged. "So, you messed up. Big deal. Everybody makes a mistake now and then. It doesn't excuse what you did. And what's this I hear about you giving Honk a hard time? What did he ever do to you?" She asked.

"He took you away from me."

Gosalyn looked at him and shook her head. "Took me away from you? Dad, he didn't push me in. It was my choice to go. And that's why Morgana couldn't bring me back. Cause it was my choice."

"But you're too young to make that kind of decision."

Gosalyn sighed and the scene changed to a grave site.

Honker is sitting next to Gosalyn's grave crying.

"How can you think that he was responsible for my death?" She asked.

Drake sighed and shrugged, "I don't know. Maybe things would have been better if.." He trailed on.

Another flash showed up and the scene is the Muddle Foots house.

Herb and Binki are talking to Honker. Who's getting ready for his first date.

"So how do I look?" He asked.

"You look just amazing dear." Binki said.

The door bell rang and Honker sighed and walked to the door.

"This is how is life should be. No worry's and care free."

Gosalyn rolled her eyes at that. "Oh yes. His life is just perfect. But come on dad, it would be boring." She said.

They looked back and saw Honker answering the door with Ally behind the door.

"Hey Honk." Ally said.

"Hey Ally." He said.

The two kids looked and smiled at each other.

Drake couldn't believe what he was seeing.

But Gosalyn was totally at ease by it.

"I couldn't ask for anybody better for Honk. I wanted you to know that Honker is a great guy. And he wouldn't do anything that's stupid like try and kill me. But you wouldn't listen and kept blaming him for something he didn't even do." She said.

-Flash back to him talking to Morgana.-

"Drake darling why are you blaming Honker? He didn't do anything."

"He didn't stop her from jumping. And I don't want him anywhere near me." He said.

-End-

The two of them are sitting on the steps.

"Cause you wanted him to pay for his entire life." Gosalyn said.

"Gosalyn.. I.." Drake said.

"Dad you wanted to kick him out of my funeral."

"But I came around didn't I?"

"Yeah, but it's the fact that it even came out of you're mouth! Honker was and still is hurt that you would even think about it! You knew that Honker would never do something like this. And you still wouldn't let it go."

Drake sighed and got up walked around a little.

"It was like I living in a dream that I couldn't wake up from. I knew what I was doing was wrong. But it wouldn't bring you back. I was just so angry. That I couldn't let it go." Drake replied.

-Flash-

"Honker knew that she liked him. He egged her on, saying that if you really love me. You'll jump." Drake said.

"Drake darling you don't know that."

"I KNOW THAT! Gosalyn wouldn't ever do something like to risk her own life like that. And if you want somebody to blame. Blame Honker. I hate him! I hate this kid! For taking her away from me. And I wouldn't be satisfied till he looks me in the eyes and admits what he did."

-End-

Gosalyn looks back to Drake and sighed. "You hated the fact that I was dead. But you shouldn't of hated Honker." She said.

"I know. I've made so many mistakes."

"But you forgave him."

"Yeah, I did. I know Honker is a great kid."

"You're almost like a dad to him."

Drake nodded his head and scratched his head. "Yeah, I pretty much blew that up too."

"Because you thought he pushed me in and tried to kick him out of my funeral?" She asked.

"Yeah."

Another flashes and shows Morgana in her parents house. She's working on a spell.

Drake sighed as he looked at her.

"I shut Morgana out when you died. Left her alone to deal."

Gosalyn sighed and looked at him. "She wasn't alone." She replied.

Drake looked at her weird. "What do you mean?"

"Uh.. Never mind. It's nothing." She replied.

"Gos, I want to hear it." He said.

Gosalyn sighed and looked at him.

"She needed somebody to help her. She wasn't completely alone. You understand what I'm trying to say don't you?" She asked.

"I think you better show me." He replied.

"Okay." She said.

She held her hand out, he held it and another flash showed up.

-Scene changed to the office-

Morgana's talking to Brad.

Drake looked at Gosalyn confused. "Why are we here?" He asked.

"We can leave if you want."

"No, no." He replied.

Gosalyn nodded her head and walked over to the door, looked back at him.

"Open the door." Drake replied.

"Okay, don't say that I didn't warn you." She replied.

She opened the door and Morgana was crying on Brad's shoulder.

"I'm so sorry Brad."

"It's okay Morgana. Don't worry about it."

"I just need some body to talk to. Drake and I aren't on the same page anymore. And I don't know what to do." She said.

They looked at each other and kissed.

Drake slammed the door on them. "I bet that's how it exactly happened." He said.

Gosalyn walked up to him. "Please don't be mad at her."

"I'm not mad at her. How can I be? After all I did to her. I pushed her away for a month."

-Flash-

"You still think that I took her away don't you?" Morgana asked.

Drake stopped on the stairs and looked back at her.

"What? What did you just say?" He asked.

"Nothing forget it." Morgana said.

"No no! You never kept anything from me. So if you have something to say just say it!" Drake exclaimed.

"Alright fine. Sometimes I think you're still blaming me for Gosalyn's death."

No response from Drake.

-Another flash-

"You mean you haven't seen any warning signs? That our marriage is concerned? You know I can count on one hand how many times we've made love since Gosalyn's death."

"It has to be more then that." He replied.

"No Drake it hasn't. And I'm surprised that you haven't noticed the distance between us." Morgana said.

-End-

Drake is standing around thinking about it, he looked around and Gosalyn was no where to be found.

"Gosalyn?" He asked.

He then heard the music starting again and he followed it into the other room.

Gosalyn is looking at his and Morgana's wedding picture and sighed.

"You know I never thought that my birth parents would die or you two getting a divorce." She said.

"Either did I. When you died everything changed." Drake said.

Gosalyn sat the picture down and turned to her dad.

"Don't forget dad that things wasn't so great before I jumped. You and Morgana fought a lot. I kept getting in trouble with everything. You never wanted me to tag along on you're missions. But I found a way. My death was just the tip of the ice burgh dad."

"You're right. I just keep thinking that what you're life would be like if.."

"If my parents didn't die and we never met right? Would you like to go back and change that too? So that the two of us never met?" She asked.

"Not really. I mean I don't know. If you're birthparents wore still alive. Things would be different." He said.

Another Flash..

You see a man and a woman in an office laughing and joking around. The woman has long wavy red hair with green eyes, the man has short black hair and blue eyes.

"So babe I forget to tell you. How was the interview?" He asked.

"I don't know. People are pleased?" She asked.

"Pleased? The store had a mob! You are a rock star!" He exclaimed.

"A rock star?" She asked.

"A big rock star." He replied.

She smiled and walked over to him. "Well in that case. I want pink jelly beans in my office every day. You get me?" She asked.

"Got you," He said.

They start laughing and Gosalyn stepped close to Drake.

"That's what I really messed about not having them around. They always joked around like that. Come on." She said.

"Where we going?" He asked.

"To my old home." She replied.

They held hands and another flash.

They're in a huge house.

Gosalyn's mom (Gwen) and little brother Noah are sitting in the living room.

Drake just looked at Gosalyn. "She was pregnant with him when she died." She replied.

He looked back and saw the whole family is gathering around to welcome her baby sister Faith.

Drake stood there for a second and Gosalyn was a big grin on her face.

"They always wanted a big family." She replied.

Her Grandparents are there too. "She's so adorable." Grandma Thora said.

Grandpa chuckled at that and looked around. "Where's Gosalyn?" He asked.

"Coming!" Gosalyn exclaimed.

She comes running down the stairs wearing the same outfit.

She gives her little brother a noggie. "Hey!" Noah exclaimed.

Gosalyn laughed and sat down next to her dad. Looking at her little sister.

"Where have you been?" He asked.

"Chill dad. I was in my room. I was looking for something for Faith."

"How can you possibly find anything in you're room? It's like a disaster in there." Noah said.

Gosalyn threw a pillow at her brother. "You should talk Noah. You're room is worst then mine." She said.

"Okay you two break it up." Gwen said as she handed Will a bottle.

"What did you want to get Faith, Gos?" Will asked.

Gosalyn pulled out a little music box from her pocket. "This. Grandpa gave it to me when I was about 9 years old. And I want her to have it." She said.

She opened it up and 'Little Girl Blue' started to play.

Drake couldn't take any more of this and he ran out of the room.

Gosalyn watched him and followed him.

"It's okay pops. Everything is going to be okay." She said.

She hugged him, he hugged her back.

"I am so sorry. That these images made you sad." She replied.

"Everybody would have had a great life without me." He sniffed.

"It's not too late dad. You can still make up with Morgana. I know that she still loves you. Once she gets over what happened. Things will work out."

"How do you know?"

"You two still love each other. A love like that just doesn't go away."

"Not after everything that I've done."

Gosalyn sighed. "If it's what you really want dad. Then go for it."

"That's just it Gos. I don't know what I want anymore. I swear there are times when I don't think I ever will."

Gosalyn grabbed her dads hands and smiled at him.

"You will trust me. But you have to stop playing what if?"

"It's not that easy. And what you showed me tonight. What life would be like if I wasn't around."

Gosalyn shook her head at that. "No, you didn't see what would have happened. You saw what you had imagined would happen. I KNEW that you could move on, but if I had to lose another person in my life. I would of probably done something stupid like kill myself or something like that. The thought of losing you was too much dad. You keep blaming yourself cause you think you're responsible for my death. If I hadn't sneaked out, if my parents hadn't died. You think that everything will be perfect! News flash pops, you don't have that much power. Only one person does. And once you figure out what you want and go for it. But you have to promise me. That no matter how hard it gets. That you wouldn't give up. The world needs Darkwing Duck."

He nods his head. "I promise you." He said.

Gosalyn looked down and back at her dad.

"I have to go now." She said.

Drake shook his head and cried. "No! I don't want to lose you again." He cried.

Gosalyn smiled at him at pointed to his heart. "It's not goodbye dad. I'm always going to be here for you right here. But you already knew that didn't you?"

He nods his head and smiled. "Yeah." He replied.

Gosalyn gave him a final kiss. "I love you pops." She said.

"I love you too Gosy." He said.

She then stood back and slowly disappeared. Drake watched her disappeared.

He then found himself back at the crime scene. He looked around confused.

At Morgana's house..

She answers the door and saw Drake standing there.

"What are you doing here?" She asked.

To Be Continued..